Lecture “Christ Our Pascha” Held in English

The Section for External Mission of the Missionary Department of the Archdiocese of Belgrade–Karlovci continues its monthly lecture series in English as part of the NevskyTalks project. The lectures are primarily aimed at foreign nationals living in Belgrade who are interested in Orthodox Christianity. Recently, these events have also become available for interactive online participation via a special link shared directly with the audience.

On Wednesday, 30 April 2025 at 6:30 p.m., a new lecture in English was held on the premises of the Missionary Department, within the parish hall of the Church of Saint Alexander Nevsky. The topic of the lecture was “Christ Our Pascha”, and it was delivered by Deacon Dr Đorđe Petrović, professor of dogmatics at the Saint Sava Orthodox Theological Seminary in Belgrade. The moderator was David Đorđević, permanent expert associate of the Section for External Mission, who had previously lectured within the NevskyTalks project on the topic of Orthodoxy in the United States. The event marked the continuation of the English-language lecture series within the NevskyTalks project, following the Great Lent.

The lecture was attended by around 15 foreign nationals, who, after the inspired presentation by the eloquent speaker, asked questions and actively engaged in the discussion. One member of the NevskyTalks group, currently residing outside Serbia, participated in the event via the Microsoft Teams platform. The lecture and the subsequent dialogue lasted for approximately two hours in total, and those present expressed a strong interest in a follow-up session on the same topic with the same lecturer in the near future.

Thanks to the fruitful collaboration between the Missionary Department and Hram Television, the entire event was professionally recorded and will be broadcast in accordance with the schedule of this church media outlet, which has recently begun including content in the English language. In this way, the lecture will be made globally accessible.

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Protopresbyter-Staurophorus Vajo Jović

Protopresbyter-Staurophorus Vajo Jović was born in 1956 in Ugljevik, Srpska.

Priest in Zagreb and Secretary of the Diocesan Board of the Metropolis of Zagreb and Ljubljana since 1979.
From Zagreb, he served the missionary parish in Maribor.
Parish priest at the Church of St. Alexander Nevsky in Belgrade since 1991.
Since 2000, Elder of the same church and Director of the Orthodox Missionary School until his retirement in 2023.

Forty-two years of priestly service are characterized by intensive missionary work.

Recipient of the Order of St. Sava, third degree.

Protopresbyter-Staurophor Radivoj Panić

Protopresbyter-Staurophor Radivoj Panić is the coordinator of the Parish Mission Department of the Missionary Department of the Archbishopric of Belgrade-Karlovci. He was born on April 1, 1961 in Novi Sad. He completed the seminary in Sremski Karlovci in 1981.

From 1986 to 1991, he was engaged as a librarian at the Orthodox Theological Faculty in Belgrade.

He was ordained to the priesthood in 1992. He began his pastoral ministry as a parish priest in Kosova Polje, where he served from 1992 to 2001. After that, from 2001 to 2009, he was the parish priest at the Church of St. Alexander Nevsky, and since 2009 he has served as the parish priest at the Church of St. Sava. He completed his theological studies in 2008, at a time when he was already serving as a parish priest.

He is particularly involved in organizing pilgrimages to Kosovo and Metohija, as well as in humanitarian work. He collaborates with the organization “Our Serbs” from Chicago, through which he actively participates in providing assistance to the Serbian people in Serbia and Kosovo and Metohija, as well as in supporting domestic organizations operating in these areas.

Father Radivoj Panić is considered one of the most respected priests of the Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovac.